The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-05-19
POULTRY ON THE EARkN
suggestions Bearing on TIM Propef Nas
agement of Feathered FIocks

nBchhCnt VA EC0tAkEtUh E1N1aH
Poultry raising win pay i larger pss.
centage twice overif properly si6ukei
after than any other stock on thefayu.
But few farmers devote much time q
the care of their poultry. The fowls 81
allowed to roost under the sheds, In thu
cow house or horse stable, or whsfevai
they can find convenient georncr
Now. we say to farmers, WHY not giyeI
the poultry showp Put up q suitable
building, it viii cost but very li1tIe m /
comparison to the profit You willssspI
after your poultry is housed in /, pT0-
viding you bestow on them d little Kind
attention. Do not think that becauss|
they forage for their living ID summer
they can do SO the yearround. hzny]
farmers allow their fowls to sllbsis'|
almost entirely from what .hcsy can|
pick up around the stables and barn
yard during the winters, sands@li
is this class that We most 0iien
find complaining that poultry keeping
does not pay Could you reasepaoly
expect to derive profit under such &C.
cumstancesp Emphatically no!y men
why not erect comfortableI housssl0i
themp, It does not take yery lsrgs
amount of room to hold from thirtf-lIvs
to sixty hens, especially ! where wy
have their liberty during theasE we
building however, should be well yen
tilated and at the same time coniorfa.
Bile. The droppings should be ren1ovsa
at least once a week and during Wlnse1
plenty Of gravel, bono dust 'ls1e.
shells or ashes and a plentiful snpp'y
of well water should be kept easy q 40
cess. The farmer must not thint tpre,
Stunning he has supplied himself s.''s !, ~
the above) the fowls need n0 AIf y I
attention. They must be fed anq a ma''
too, regularly and their food mus vary.
The frstor morning mealshoula SWAY
be soft--one-third wheat bran ana tFO.
thirds meal, mixed with warm Wss1 =
milk, adding occasionally cayenne
pepper, salt. and often Or always pols.
toes, either baked or boiled. the forms'
preferred. Occasionally glve1 80 ".
tables SUCH as cahbaget ee..
etc. At night feed grain-.e'o1rFn1's n oa' "
wheat or buckwheat. SunfIower 49,
are also excellent by way o. ei'Esss 3
Variety of food is the object anP y
place can it be easier obtained f ip y =
the farm. If fed regularly and. y i !,
Gated the fowls will give reslaifs ~ 3,
ing that will surprise any one MBo 8 -
been in the habit Of feeding , % ~ =
thing exclusively. It's d fnistaksn',u ,s'
to suppose that the rearing OF poal y
demands the great samount o. az 3
and expense that is often % w. \
Where only one variety is kept Y !, :
most of farms, the trouble is con'p. =.
lively little, and taken In pro ' ~
| with the time and la0ord eyotea 81 ', Il
stock, and the capital inyestf =
profits are more than double. y.
We known many farmers wlIs1 wl' !
in the past few years have g.oF !. ;
take quite an interest and pride Y rs Il,
feathered fiocks and they now rea''s s.
that with little expense large pivA.s s !
derived. The same farmers tea J q !.
ago would no. take time to eyep Z, :
that the fowls had aroosting place = 8
vided not exposed to the cold i .s'',.,,
winds Of winter.-Mseht6a1 -
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